Right-wing radio host Alex Jones had a gastronomic catastrophe when giving a deposition ahead of his custody battle with his ex-wife, a court heard Tuesday.

His ex-wife, Kelly Jones, wants custody of their three kids, aged 9-14. They have lived with the Infowars boss in Austin, Texas, since the couple divorced in 2015.

Things took an awkward turn on the first day of the trial when her lawyer claimed Jones had forgotten 'basic facts' about his kids during a deposition because 'he had a big bowl of chili for lunch,' Austin 360 reported.

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Hot memories: Alex Jones (pictured Monday heading into court) said he forgot 'basic details' about his three kids because he had a big chili lunch, his ex-wife's lawyer claimed Tuesday

Like father, like son: Jones currently has custody of son Rex (left), 14, and two daughters. But his ex-wife says she thinks he's turned them against her, and wants them back

It was unclear whether Jones had made the remarks in jest, or seriously.

That wasn't the only eye-popping claim made by Kelly Jones' lawyer, Bobby Newman, on Tuesday.

He also accused Jones of being diagnosed with narcissism and paranoia - and played a video clip of Jones disrobing down to his shorts while on camera as 'proof'.

In the clip Jones said he wanted to show the effects of a 'vitality-increasing' formula sold on the Infowars website, as well as to reference FBI 'snooping' on private communications.

Jones also complains that he didn't get a Pulitzer Prize or Nobel Prize for 'being right' about 'the Saudis' being involved in the 9/11 attacks during the clip.

Newman also claimed in court that Jones would disrobe during therapy sessions.

Jones' lawyers responded that the rant was 'satire' created as part of Jones' show, and not related to his parenting.

'Male vitality': Her lawyers also played a video of Jones derobing on Infowars to show off a body-building supplement, saying it proved he was paranoid and narcissistic

His shows frequently focus on conspiracy theories, including claims that the Sandy Hook shootings were completely fabricated.

Last month he apologized for spreading the fallacious 'Pizzagate' conspiracy, which culminated in a man firing a gun in a DC pizzeria because he thought a Democrat-backed child-trafficking ring was operating from inside.

Judge Orlinda Naranjo told press the claims about Jones having 'narcissism and paranoia' were untrue.

Contested: Kelly Jones (pictured) is demanding custody. The judge told press that Alex Jones was diagnosed with narcissistic tendencies, but not full-blown narcissism, and no paranoia

Jones had no paranoid diagnosis, she said, and prior to the trial a discussion between lawyers centered around him being diagnosed with narcissistic tenancies, not full-blown narcissism.

Newman then played a number of clips of Jones apparently drunk, and boasting that he could 'drink a whole jug of Jack Daniels and not even show it.'

One clip - showing a party that Jones attended with his 14-year-old son, Rex, that featured a dart board with Hillary Clinton's face on it - was not allowed, in case it prejudiced pro-Clinton jury members.

Rex, who has appeared on Infowars multiple times, is a key part of the case being made by Newman.

They claim that Jones has engaged in a 'campaign' to turn the children against their mother, and that Rex in particular 'parrots' the supposed remarks made by his father.

Jones' lawyers say those claims are nonsense, and that Kelly Jones has been slacking in her duties.

She had the potential to 'earn' 50-50 co-parenting rights upon the couple's divorce, but had failed to do so, they said.

'Performance': Alex Jones' lawyer said his appearances on his Infowars show are 'performance art' and that he is 'playing a character' in his vitriolic, conspiracy-themed broadcasts

The first witness called in the trial was Austin psychologist Allison Wilcox, who is the guardian ad litem - meaning she represents the children's interests.

She said that she had been told by therapists to record conversations between the children and their parents, and that in one video Kelly Jones was being 'manipulative'.

The 23-minute video showed her telling her kids it was okay to love their father, but they must not lie about her.

He's playing a character. He is a performance artist

Randall Wilhite, Alex Jones's lawyer, on his client

She denied that the had been building a case to take Kelly Jones' kids away from her, and that 'I didn't have that much evidence of Mr Jones bad-mouthing Mrs Jones.'

Wilcox isn't the only one whose claims have been questioned in the court.

On Monday, in a pre-trial hearing, one of Alex Jones' lawyers, Randall Wilhite, said that his client is a 'performance artist' who is just 'playing a character' on Infowars.

'He's playing a character,' he said, according to myStatesman. 'He is a performance artist.'

However, Jones walked back those claims in an Infowars broadcast Monday evening, in which he said he '110 per cent' believed the things he said in his show, according toThe Daily Beast.

They've got articles out today that I say I'm a fake... total bull! ... I 110 per cent believe what I stand for

Alex Jones on Infowars, hours after his lawyer said he was a performer

'They've got articles out today that I say I'm a fake, all of this other c**p. Total bull!' he said.

'The media is deceiving everywhere. I 110 per cent believe what I stand for. We’re changing the world with you.

'The globalists are panicking and trying to shut us down and calling us fake news, just like Communist China does, because we’re kicking their ass.'

The video, titled 'Alex Jones' Crucial Message to All Centipedes,' had apparently been deleted from the Infowars site as of Wednesday evening, but copies of the video had been uploaded to YouTube.

'Unstable': Jones is 'unstable,' claims his wife, who believes he may have committed a felony when he 'threatened' Rep. Adam Schiff in March

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Jones has made a name for himself as the beetroot-faced, lava-spitting host of far-right show Infowars.

The show has featured 'reports' that the government was behind the 9/11 attacks and that the Sandy Hook murders were faked by the government.

It's also become an outlet for Jones to make eye-popping claims including one that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are possessed by demons and smell of sulfur.

His remarks are also known for taking a turn for the violent when he covers liberal celebrities - including a promise to 'break' Alec Baldwin's neck and telling J-Lo to go to Somalia, where she will be 'gang-raped so fast it’ll make your head spin.'

You got that you goddamn son of a b***h? Fill your hand

Alex Jones' remarks to Rep. Adam Schiff, which may constitute a felony

More recently, on March 30, he called Rep. Adam Schiff a 'c**ksucker' and a 'fairy' after Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called for an investigation into Trump's Russia ties.

He then threatened to 'beat' Schiff's 'goddamn a**,' before paraphrasing John Wayne in True Grit: 'You got that you goddamn son of a b***h? Fill your hand.'

All three of those instances were cited by Kelly Jones as reasons why her husband is 'not a stable person' who should be entrusted with their kids.

She is especially concerned as the threats against Schiff could constitute a crime, she told the court. Threatening a government official can carry a maximum of 5-10 years in prison.

'Character': The couple divorced in 2015 and Alex Jones got custody of their kids, aged 9-14. Their custody battle is currently in pretrial. Jones claimed his Schiff rant was 'tongue in cheek'

'I'm concerned that he is engaged in felonious behavior, threatening a member of Congress,' she said. 'He broadcasts from home. The children are there, watching him broadcast.'

That makes her concerned for their son, 14, and daughters, nine and 12, who have lived with Alex Jones since their divorce concluded in 2015, she said.

She also said that there is no difference between the Alex Jones that appears on the show and the one raising their children.

'I'm concerned that he is engaged in felonious behavior, threatening a member of Congress... The children are there, watching him broadcast

Kelly Jones, Alex Jones' ex-wife

But Jones's lawyer said that the claims aimed at his client were absurd - as ridiculous as judging Jack Nicholson's character based on his performance as the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman movie.

Judge Naranjo said she had never heard of Jones before he appeared in her court, and listened to clips of Infowars episodes to decide whether they could be heard in court.

She allowed two clips - one of him smoking marijuana in California, where it is legal, and one of him bringing his son onto the show.

In the latter clip, first broadcast in July 2015, when his son was 12, Jones invites his son to play a video - one of 15-20 he had made with the Infowars team who had 'taken him under their wing'.

'He is undoubtedly cut out for this, and I intend for him to eclipse what I’ve done,' Jones said. 'He's a way greater person than I was at 12.

'I love you so much, and I didn't mean to get you up here, sweetheart, and tell people how much I love you, but you're so handsome, and you're a good little knight who's going to grow up, I know, to be a great fighter against the enemy.'

However, Naranjo said the jury would not be allowed to hear Jones's rant against Schiff, including its anti-gay slurs and threats of violence.

'This case is not about Infowars, and I don’t want it to be about Infowars,' Naranjo said.

Days after his anti-Schiff rant - and after the media pointed out that threatening a Representative is illegal - Jones walked back his comments on-air, in a rare retraction.

He said the outlandish remarks were 'clearly tongue-in-cheek and basically art performance, as I do in my rants, which I admit I do, as a form of art.'

'When I say, "I'm going to kick your ass," it's the Infowar,' he added. 'I say every day we're going to destroy you with the truth.'

HOMELAND TAKES ON INFOWARS

Alex Jones claims that his persona on his Infowars radio show is a character - but he was not pleased when TV spy drama Homeland followed suit.

In the latest season of the show, which premiered January 15, conservative firebrand host 'Brett O'Keefe' made his debut.

O'Keefe - whose name is likely inspired by conservative activist James O'Keefe - is an online radio host whose speeches are uncannily similar to Jones' own.

'A bomb going off in the streets of New York City - again!' the character roars at one point. 'The more I think about that, the angrier I get, I mean, I am sitting here, I am so upset about, I can barely speak!'

He adds: 'Bring on the end of the world over [in the Middle East], with their goats!'

O'Keefe becomes the nemesis of a female president-elect - who claims that his followers are 'bots' designed to spread his message as part of a domestic propaganda machine.

Jones was not pleased.

On his show, he responded: 'They're now having major network TV shows admit they have a character that's supposed to be me, to discredit me, by building strawmen and saying and doing things I don't support.'

The site also claimed in an article that it was proof that 'Infowars is part of the cultural zeitgeist and cannot be ignored.'

And it also suggested, the site said, that 'The establishment knows that young people don’t watch television news and don’t trust mainstream media so they have to resort to propaganda placement by smearing Jones through the medium of fictional entertainment.'

Homeland's producers have not 'admitted' that they were trying to discredit or smear Jones.

Inspiration: Alex Jones appears to have been the inspiration for the character of Brett O'Keefe (pictured), a conservative radio host in the sixth season of Homeland